joewmorrissey wrote:you have to setup the external harddrives... meaning you have to add them... they are under volumes once you click the add button

thanks, jm!

I could have looked for another hundred years and never thought about this...

Looks like I'm all set now. What dazzles me a bit is the cpu power required for the mencoder engine. I own a 2,16 Core Duo imac, and if I transcode 1080p without size limits, this transcoding buffer is just melting away! If I set the limit to 17 mbps, I am alright.

Another question though (maybe not the right thread, but I'll give it a shot):

I read that DTS audio is transcoded to 5.1 lpm on the fly, so far so good (will test this later on). Anyway, if you have a VC-1 video codec in an m2ts file, it looks right now as this is a no go for streaming to ps3. Furthermore, I know that a lot of people reencode to h264, which requires top of the line computers and still very much time.

Is this the end of the psm road for VC-1 codecs? Or will the ps3 have to learn to read VC-1 streams via a Sony update? Or is there another elegant way around this problem?

in terms of making a static IP address, that was when i was using my d-link router. i just wanted to avoid the potential problem of my router assigning a different IP address to my PS3 every time it reconnected to my router. in order to do that, you have to go into your router settings via your web browser and set it so that your PS3 will be assigned the same IP address whenever it connects to your router. specifics are hard to give unless you have my d-link router.

however, i just bought an airport express and the issue of having a static IP address for your PS3 isn't an issue; meaning my PS3 has the same IP address all the time. to confirm that, just check what your PS3's IP address is, turn it off then on again, and recheck to make sure the IP address remains the same (you do this using the network settings of the PS3 itself, not the media server program).

as for the other issue about the port, what i meant is that you need to allow the port that you're using for streaming (ie 5001) access to your mac. it has nothing to do with your router at this point (though you still should port forward it through your router, which it sounds like you did.)

more specifically, open 'system preferences'.then open 'sharing'.select the 'firewall' tab.select 'new'.then for 'port name' select 'other'.for the 'tcp' and 'udp' ports enter '5001'.and for 'description' enter 'PS3' or whatever you want.

as a side note, if you're going to 'force the ip of the server' under the PS3 media server 'general configuration' settings, make sure you enter the ip address of you mac not the ps3.

the problem is there is not a firewal tab in "sharing". Are you using mac os x 10.5.6 ?In the latest os x version the firewall tab is in "security" and the menu is completely different: the firewall options are in the third tab, if I click "+" all I can do is add applications. I tried to add the java ps3 media server app

but it's always the same story

Last edited by hardvibes on Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:39 pm, edited 1 time in total.

chinacow wrote:as for the other issue about the port, what i meant is that you need to allow the port that you're using for streaming (ie 5001) access to your mac. it has nothing to do with your router at this point (though you still should port forward it through your router, which it sounds like you did.)

so there's two issues regarding port 5001. you have to forward it through your router. and you have to allow it access through your firewall. it seems like you took care of the router part, so now you have to fix the firewall issue.

i installed the media server on my laptop which has leopard on it and set it up.

so the router half of this setup is already done because i did it before for my other computer.

as for setting up my firewall on my laptop with leopard on it, it's actually a bit easier.

just go to 'security' and from there the 'firewall' tab. make sure 'allow all incoming connections' is selected and your ps3 media server should find your ps3 just fine (it worked for me without any additional tinkering). if you want to be more safe and not allow all incoming connections, just select 'set access for specific services and applications', the + button should be active then, click it, and add the media server app by finding it and double clicking it.

btw, what kind of router are you using? also, how familiar are you with your mac? did you add the media server to your applications folder?

Last edited by chinacow on Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:31 am, edited 1 time in total.